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Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This giant bronze image of Christopher Columbus embarked on a voyage of its own.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.